GIMP: Make Selection a New Layer

• February 26, 2018
• Nick Saporito
• 5 comments

Today I’ll be demonstrating a rather simple (but useful) technique: making your selection a new layer in GIMP. This will be quite a brief tutorial, but I see that a lot of users are searching Google with this question, so let’s help them out.

Step 1: Make A Selection

Go ahead and grab yourself a little selection — whatever it is you’d like to make into a new layer.

Step 2: Float the Selection

Right-click on the selection, then go to Select -> Float. This will create a floating layer from the selection.

Looks like we’re done, but we’re not. There’s one final step…

Step 3: Anchor the Layer

Simply right-click on the floating layer and select To New Layer.

And there you have it — you’ve created a new layer from your selection. I hope that answers what you were looking for, but if not then leave a comment down below and I’ll see what I can do to help you out.

Video Tutorials

If you’d like to get better with using GIMP, I have a really awesome Youtube channel you should probably check out. I post weekly video tutorials with voice narration and step-by-step instructions. I think it’s much easier to learn how to use GIMP this way than it is to read text. Have a look for yourself…

If you like what you see, go ahead and subscribe to my channel. I also create Inkscape tutorials if you’re interested in learning that as well (you should, because Inkscape is great.) If you don’t have a Google/Youtube account then you can follow the official Logos By Nick Facebook page to keep updated on not just new tutorial uploads, but new posts to this site as well.

Thanks for stopping by and again, if you need assistance, just drop a comment below.

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